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Calm Corner Weighted Blankets, Edmonton
Run by people who have been through autism and neurodivergent family life and adoption and foster care themselves.
Evenings and weekends
Adoption and foster care support in Canada
For adoptees, birth parents, adoptive and foster families. Talk with people in Canada who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
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Help for adoption and foster care in Canada
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Psychology Today therapist directory
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Clear Path Counselling, Calgary
Run by people who have been through caring for an aging parent and parenting a struggling teen themselves.
Evenings and weekends
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Hamilton Talking Therapies
A small team supporting caring for an aging parent and new parenthood. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
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Kitchener Peer Support Group
We help people with single parenting and family estrangement, in person in Kitchener and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
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Open Door Psychotherapy, Red
A small team supporting parenting a struggling teen and empty nest. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
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St. Community Food Hub, St.
A small team supporting new parenthood and autism and neurodivergent family life. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
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The Winnipeg Men's Shed
We help people with empty nest and caring for an aging parent, in person in Winnipeg and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Evenings and weekends
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Walk and Talk Charlottetown
Run by people who have been through a loved one's addiction and caring for an aging parent themselves.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
From people who came through it
“I think I was sure I'd never feel normal again. I was wrong. I stopped trying to be the perfect parent. Good enough is enough. Keep going, even slowly.”
Rami from Tangier · been through adoption and foster care“Para quien empieza como familia de acogida: no te voy a mentir, hay días que parece que no das una. El trabajo de historia de vida es duro, el panel te pone nervioso y los adolescentes mienten y vapean. Pero también hay momentos buenos. Busca a alguien con quien hablar, como yo con Kerry. Y ten paciencia contigo misma.”
sundayspark · been through adoption and foster care“I was where you are a year and a half ago. The worst part was foster caring for 8 years. My kids say I'm back. Things come back, slower than you'd like but they do. Praying for you.”
elijah.north89 · been through adoption and foster care“to anyone just starting out with fostering or adoption: it's not going to be like you imagine, and that's okay. some days you'll feel like you're getting it all wrong. i've been doing this for 8 years and i still have days where i want to hide in the shed. but you learn. you learn that the small wins matter more than the big ones. and you learn to ask for help, even when it's the last thing you want to do. you're not doing it alone, even if it feels like it.”
Second Oak · been through adoption and foster care